Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for November 04, 2021

He found it waaaaaay in the back!

“In the recesses, no one can hear you gag.”

Arlo: Mmm, beef stroganoff!

Janis: Wait, i didn’t put any leftover beef stroganoff in the fridge.

Quick! What’s the phone number for 911?

Are we going for a scene from dumb and dumber if he eats it?

As long as it’s not green like the broccoli, good to go.

It has mushrooms in it, and sour cream. Not safe 3rd day after. He is gonna be sorry.

We just had Beef Stroganoff from Costco four hours ago.

Uh oh. Queue the disaster script.

Arlo, it’s the one time I wish a SHORT memory for you!

It was cooked. I’ts been in the fridge. It’s fine.

Mmm…broccoli salad.

No, really. I love it.

Amazing he could even identify what it was.

Maybe he’ll remember by the time he gets to the hospital.

Danger Will Robinson!

I hope cooler heads prevail or this strip might be called Janis in a couple of days.

The broccoli salad might be even older. The lid will be kind of worn out of all the cycles of taking out, opening and closing again, put back.

It’s meat-cake, smells like meat, looks like cake.

Ha! Don’t stray too far from a bathroom.

Oh no… here we go with Arlo’s battle with botulism. Or some other food poisoning. :-|

Why is Arlo looking in my refrigerator?

Feels like there’s more of this arc to come…

Men treat their stomaches like garbage disposals. As long as it’s food…it’s going in.

Say that last thought out loud again before you start eating.

Broccoli salad is about the only way it is good to eat.

Throw it away!

You’ll definitely remember these leftovers though.

Arlo, look and see if it says Ludwig on the lid.

Plumber-crack-in-second-panel alert!

Classic frown for the broccoli salad

@Tyge – Your clue is right….waaaaay back!

Then it probably isn’t beef stroganoff :|

“Looks like meat. Looks like cake. Must be Meat Cake!”

And pretty soon, he won’t remember anything…

Yes, one does get that bad, and yet one continues to function!

It’s FINE! (frequent conversation in our kitchen…)

you people need a dog

Don’t do it Arlo!

Not a picky eater is our Arlo.

Red meat isn’t bad for you. Green fuzzy meat is bad for you.

What does not kill us makes us stronger.

Arlo, Food tastes even better if it’s not spoiled!

Better check for mold…

And it’s in decorative colors!

First rule leftovers: If you can’t remember having it, don’t eat it now.

We put the date on our leftovers.

Working from home I find myself scrounging through leftovers pretty often …

Then I hope food poisoning is something you enjoy!

“…especially THIS color.”

Danger Will Robinson

ew!

If I’m not eating leftovers in a day or two, they go into the chest freezer in the garage.

Danger Will Robinson, Danger!

Dude, that isn’t from the freezer!

Food Poisoning anyone. Although not poisoning as bacteria.

Broccoli Salad! Yum!

Did he scrape the fuzz and black mold off before identifying the contents?

Tell me that’s the freezer side he’s looking in.

I learned early in the pandemic – scotch tape with one end bent under to make a tab plus permanent marker equals cheap, easy label for food containers! (With the bent under end – easy to remove the tape when food used up.)

Hate to loose track of which leftover Chinese food rice has be used next in the fridge or which container of frozen left over homemade tomato “gravy” gets used next.